oral history recording workshops and podcast series available on apple iTunes and Stitcher.ongoing participatory project, duration variable

Inspired by the fact that my Russian great-grandfather gained his US citizenship after serving in the US Army and my Lithuanian (or Austrian, or Russian, or Latvian - depending on who is telling the story) great-grandmother entered the US on fake passport, I am recording conversations about how family stories are passed down from generation to generation and what it means to be American in the contexts of multiculturalism, immigration, military service, black lives matter, white privilege, and indigeneity. Utilizing strategies of documentary and social practice, “We Are All Americans,” seeks to counter xenophobia and foster empathy through humanizing those who have experienced discrimination, migration, immigration and displacement, while also recognizing the complexity of the term “American,” with regard to all nations in North, Central and South America.

Supported in part by Asylum Arts, Institute for Jewish Creativity, Side Street Projects and Otis College of Art and Design.